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Culver City's dream lacrosse season came to a disappointing end last Tuesday on the Culver City high school campus when La Canada St. Francis out lasted the Centaurs, 15-8 in the Division 2 CIF championship game. It was a hard-fought game played on a chilly June night. Talk about June Gloom. The Centaurs entered the championship game with high expectations having won their first three CIF playoff games 21-0 against El Dorado, 17-3 against Redondo Union and 8-5 against Aliso Niguel. Against St....
The pandemic can not stop the Culver City varsity sports machine. It keeps rolling along. During the past week seven Culver City teams played and ran in the prestigious CIF playoffs. Baseball, boys' basketball, boys' and girls' lacrosse, girls' softball and boys' and girls' track and field teams tried to keep the Culver City name alive in Southern California high school sports world. Last Saturday the girls' lacrosse team lost to Murrieta Mesa 13-9 on the road and last Tuesday the boys'...
When someone says you are the best, that puts a lot of pressure on that team. Just ask the Lakers and Dodgers. The Culver City boys' lacrosse team hopes to prove everyone right when they start the CIF playoffs at home Friday at 6 p.m. against El Dorado from Placentia. The Centaurs are the No. 2 seeded team in Division 2. They are 16-2 overall and 8-0 in the Ocean league. They outscored their league opponents 127-6. "This is the best team in Culver City history. We knew how good this years team...
For many years Culver City high school basketball has been an average program. While other sports have won league and CIF Championships the basketball program has struggled at times but the last fours year the Centaurs have raised the bar. Last Wednesday the varsity team started their quest to make a deep CIF playoff run in a very tough Division 2A when they played Simi Valley. Their next game is Friday on the road against the winner of the Hilcrest versus JW North game. The Centaurs finished th...
The Culver City Education Foundation kicked off its 40th anniversary year celebration with a successful "drive in" fundraiser on May 1 that raised $55,000. More than 100 families watched a special screening of Steven Spielberg's classic film "E.T.," at a pop-up drive in movie theater held in a parking lot on the West Los Angeles College campus. "Watching E.T. was a great way to celebrate our anniversary for many reasons including that one of the scenes in the movie was actually shot at Culver...
Culver City athletic department and teams are some of the bests in Southern California. For the past 50 years the Centaurs have produced competitive and championship teams in almost every sport. During the past 10 years league championships have become routine and add to that Culver City's several CIF team championships and individual CIF champions in track and field. What makes a good athletic department? School administrators, an attentive athletic director, good coaches but probably the most...
The USC Trojans came into Westwood last Sunday and dominated the UCLA Bruins in their annual dual meet. The Bruins men dropped the baton in the 400-meter relay in one of the first races on the track and from there it was all downhill for what use to be one of the top track and filed programs in the nation. The Trojan men won 114-42 and the Lady Trojans defeated the Bruins 93-70. On the way to the victories the Trojans set several meet records and one school. One meet record that was set has a...
Culver City high school football team has some of the best coaches in Southern California and one of them is their strength and conditioning and wide receiver coach Michael Hooper. Hooper is a former Culver City star football player who was a three starter at defensive back from 2000-2002. After making the ALL-CIF team as a senior he played college football for San Jose State and after graduating from San Jose he played in the Arena Football League for the Stockton Lighting. Having a...
The past twelve months have been a challenge for everyone, including the student athletes at Culver City High School and the organization that supports them, the Booster Club. Centaur teams left the field of play in March 2020 and the wildly popular Casino Night event was canceled as well. Fast forward to today with the Corona virus situation improving, Centaur student athletes have begun training and games are on the schedule. How can you support them now you ask? You can join the Booster Club for the coolest socially-distanced community...
It’s hard enough being a teenager navigating the bridge between childhood and adulthood while acclimating to a pandemic, school shutdowns, remote learning, and all the attendant anxiety of these surreal times without also having to cope with the emotional stress, stigma, and financial impact of a family member’s incarceration. Nearly three million children in this country have at least one parent in prison, jail, or detention, and author and prison rights activist Amy Friedman knows how tho...
The entertainment world had Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. The sports world has Tom Brady and Michael Jordan, and Culver City high school has Zevi Eckhaus. Obviously is not logical to compare a Culver City a high school athlete to some of the world's greatest but greatness is greatness at any level. For those of us who have witnessed his extraordinary talents the last three years we saw a junior Drew Brees. During this past season that ended a few weeks ago Eckhaus broke the school career...
Culver City High School has been recognized as one of the best high schools in California, according to a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report. Culver High was ranked #240 among more than 2600 public high schools in the Golden State in the publication's latest analysis of upper school education. In fact, it is ranked #1,622 in the nation. U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia and 1,675 California schools made its rankings, according...
The track and field season kicked off at Culver City high school last Saturday when the Centaurs hosted Redondo Union in a dual meet. Their next meet is Saturday at North Torrance at 9:15 a.m. "It was good for the first meet," said girl's head coach Rayfield M. Beaton. "I look at the meet to see where we are, and I liked what I saw. Our girls 4X100 relay team ran the fastest first meet time in the last seven years I have coached here. Their 49.3 time is one the fastest times in CIF right now."...
Without question, it was another highly dramatic, competitive and entertaining Friday Night Football game last week at Culver City High School to end the season. Unfortunately, the Centaurs came up just short of a perfect record, losing 49-42, as visiting Apple Valley High withstood a second-half comeback at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City campus. The Sun Devils clinched the thriller by recovering a Centaur onside kick attempt in the last minute. "It was a back-and-forth game," said...
CCUSD Superintendent Leslie Lockhart announced this week that she will be retiring from the school district after 23 years, including four years as superintendent. "As many of you know, I have had some recent health challenges, and this has been an opportunity for me to reflect on what is truly important in my life," Lockhart told the Board of Education at its Tuesday night's meeting. "Tonight, it is with mixed emotions that I announce to the board and to the community that I will be retiring...
It’s hard enough being a teenager navigating the bridge between childhood and adulthood while acclimating to a pandemic, school shutdowns, remote learning, and all the attendant anxiety of these surreal times without also having to cope with the emotional stress, stigma, and financial impact of a family member’s incarceration. Nearly three million children in this country have at least one parent in prison, jail, or detention, and author and prison rights activist Amy Friedman knows how tho...
It's official. Culver City secondary schools will reopen their classrooms for in-person, hybrid learning beginning next Monday, April 19, district officials announced this week. In letters to parents, the principals at Culver City High School and Culver City Middle School said they "are excited to bring back to campus students whose parents chose to return for hybrid learning in the recent Culver City Unified School District survey." Most of these students have been assigned to two groups...
For the second year in a row, the Culver City Unified School District has earned the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 22nd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, CCUSD answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music...
Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to come from behind 42-28 victory over the Palos Verde Sea Kings in a Bay League high school football game last Friday. The victory clinched the Bay league Championship for the Centaurs in their first season in the Bay League. For the Sea Kings, the loss ended a streak of nine consecutive Bay League titles in football. Eckhaus, who also scored a touchdown on a one-yard dive into the endzone, had a l...
Culver City students in third through fifth grades will return to campus for in-person instruction beginning next Monday, April 12, the local school district has announced. This week, transitional kindergarteners through second graders began returning to their campuses, with various safety and health protocols, according to the Culver City Unified School District. The reopening of the middle school and high school will be announced in the near future, said district spokesman Geoff Maleman. In a...
The Bay League Championship is on the line this Friday evening, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. as Culver City High hosts nine-time defending League Champion Palos Verdes High at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the high campus. The Centaurs and the Sea Kings are tied for the League lead, both with 3-0 records and have split the last two contests between each other, including a thrilling 55-52 double-overtime Culver City victory in 2019. The Centaurs remained undefeated in their first season in the Bay League by...
James Arthur Laprevote died peacefully at his home from causes incident to age on March 20. He was born February 7, 1956 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica California to Francis A. Laprevote MD and Ellen Elizabeth Laprevote (nee Fleming). He was the third of five children. He is survived by one sister, Maureen Longino and three brothers, Michael, Paul (Diane) and Dan (Mary). He was preceded in death by his parents. Jim graduated from Culver City High School in 1974....
The Culver City High School Centaurs beat Peninsula High School on Friday by a score of 49-0. Read the full story by Fred Altieri this week's Culver City Observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com....
Two down, three to go. Despite the abbreviated schedule due to COVID, Culver City High school football is making the most of its inaugural season in the Bay League. The Centaurs overwhelmed Redondo Union, 55-12, last Friday night home-opener at Jerry Chabola Stadium to remain tied for first with Palos Verdes High, each undefeated at 2-0. "We were clicking on all cylinders. With everything that we've been through with the layoff, shortened preseason and not a lot of practice time, to execute and...
Culver City High School football is hitting the television airwaves this week. Fox Sports West has selected Culver City's Friday, April 2 football game versus Peninsula to be one of its live-streaming Prep Zone games that week at 3:30 p.m....
